Black Jack Porter | Left Hand Brewing Company

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a: deep deep dark brown color, almost to the point of black but not quite there. when holding up to a light, i can see the light through it. head is tan, and nothing more than a film

s: milk chocolate, roasted malt, some cola, a hint of brown sugar. Vanilla in the nose to close out. Nice smelling beer

t: roasted malt and cola up front. chocolate powder and a little smokey flavor behind that. a little touch of bitterness from the roast hit the sides of the tongue, and some sweet malts finish off the flavor. something a touch off-putting towards the end....like an odd bitterness and drop in flavor that comes out of nowhere. almost like chewing on wood or something

m: lower-medium mouthfeel with high carbonation

o: an ok beer, but it could be more. i think if the roast malt flavors in here were just a bit deeper, it would push it higher for me. and the after taste could be better as well. appearance could be a bit darker also. not the worst beer in the world, i just think it has more potential

Pours a dark brown with over 2fb of light tan, foamy head.
Smells of roasted malts, cocoa, leather.
Taste is sweet malts forward, a little leather and roasted malts with a hint of smoke and then a fairly abrupt transition to earthy, hoppy bitterness and clean finish.
Body is a little thin, with scant effervescence - not astringent, but pleasant and easily quaffable.

Overall, a pretty good porter - smell is definitely superior to its taste - but not bad overall - I wouldn't turn this down at a party or bar - but wouldn't go out of my way to find it.

Pours dark but still lite enough to see through.
Thin cream colored head poured into frozen tulip glass.
Smell was fantastic really expected good things from this brew.
Taste was lacking however. Had a decent start some good toffee and dark chocolate but faded quickly leaving a slightly hoppy old funk flavor that finished off slick with little to no aftertaste.
Feel was no heavier than any generic budweiser-ish american lager.

Overall look and smell sure outweigh the taste and left me wishing for a little bit more if something.

Note: unsure of age of beer reviewed. Had to clean dust off bottles when i got home so unsure how long it had been setting on shelf.

This was poured into a mug. The appearance was a nice looking dark brown close to black color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There was some light lacing sticking and then sliding down into the beer. The smell started off with some sweet to roasty coffee to cocoa. Light dark sweet fruitiness rounds it all out. The taste was mainly sweet with a big underscore of the bitter to roasty on the aftertaste and leading into the finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonation runs fairly light allowing a decent stickiness all around. Overall, I say this was a pretty good English Porter that I would have again.